Mike Danahey

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A judge has ruled the long-stalled Elgin Memory Care construction site on the city’s far west side must be cleaned up by mid-July. Kane County Circuit Court Judge David Akemann signed an order last week mandating that Bright Oaks Group, developers of the Elgin Memory Care facility at Route 20 and...

The city of Elgin will hold a June 2 “community conversation” on police issues, including the process through which the Illinois State Police are investigating the Elgin police shooting death DeCynthia Clements nearly three months ago. “Our goal is to provide a welcoming environment where people...

Lords Park was a big part of Earl Burnidge’s life while he grew up in Elgin. Now his artwork is part of the park. Burnidge’s portraits of George Lord and Mary Carpenter Lord, the couple who donated the land for the east side park in the late 1800s that now bears their name, were publicly unveiled...

The season finale of ABC’s hit reboot of “Roseanne” airs Tuesday night, and local fans of the show say it hits close to home for them. Show star Roseanne Barr told the Hollywood Reporter in February that the working class sitcom’s fictional setting of Lanford is based on Elgin. The producers even...

A request to install 39 electric car-charging stations on city-owned lots to be used for free by electric vehicle owners has won the endorsement of the Elgin Sustainability Commission. Kapital Electric, of Bensenville, presented the proposal to the commission in which stations would be placed in...

The Gifford Park Association is hopeful that one day soon someone will buy and rehabilitate the empty David C. Cook mansion, and that the city would contribute money to the project. “It’s all a dream right now,” Gifford Park Association president Dan Miller said. That dream took a step toward reality...

A bicyclist was hit by a car while she was riding along McClean Boulevard near Demmond Street in Elgin Wednesday afternoon, police said. According to reports, the incident happened before 3:15 p.m. The 18-year-old bicyclist appeared not to be hurt, but Elgin paramedics took her to Advocate Sherman...

A small garden project outside an Elgin fire station has evolved into an in-demand community effort that was recently named to the city’s Sustainability Commission honor roll. The community garden featuring a variety of vegetables started five summers ago with six plots near Fire Station 7. Today,...